Derivation of the botanical name:
Scirpus, the Latin name for "bulrush".
supinus, supin, "bent backwards, lying on the back"; lying down.
Schoenoplectus, Greek schoinos, rush, reed or cord; plektos, twisted, plaited, woven; in reference to the use of culms in making useful objects.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.